Yet again, tix are flooding the board

[FaceOnMars]

4 day passes on Stubhub currently are $165 each.
Because SH allows both brokers and individuals to list, hard to tell who is who on the selling side.
But I would imagine the majority are brokers that purchased during the PBG sale last Winter.

http://www.stubhub.com/telluride-town-park-event-tickets/venue/7310/

The only way to stop brokers and scalping is to return to hard tickets, and only shipping tickets to CC billing addresses.
Most brokers don't want to mess with hard tix, unless they live local to the event.

That's interesting, I hadn't really thought to look at StubHub for Bluegrass tix ... I know it's obvious, but for some reason have never bothered to look there ... even though I know it's a great metric for guaging the aftermarket supply/demand.

I believe hard tix might provide a bit of "speed bump" re: scalpers, but I think the most iron tight method would be to implement the same system Planet Bluegrass used for the Telluride Phish shows ... which not only bound the tix to a cc, but required the purchaser to obtain them in person at will call.  I'm sure there'd be an additional cost to implement this sort of arrangment, but I suspect it'd just be a "small blip" in relation to how ticket prices have been increasing in recent years.

[FaceOnMars]

I totally understand and appreciate that there are Town Park and Warners available, or 4-day passes with camping, but I am surprised by the number of 4-day passes with NO camping.  Buying these would require SOMEwhere to stay, and I would think the town's rooms are nearly or completely sold out.  Because of that factor, I would think these are a tough sell, and there seems to be quite an abundance of them available.

I think you're on to something re: Telluride being a remote destination without a large population center nearby; however, with the "merchant pass" (local's tix) having gone by the wayside a few years ago, I think if the aftermarket ticket prices drop sufficiently enough, I think we'll start to see more locals who are able to afford tix and attend.